| 1992 St. Louis Cardinals | ||||
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| League | National League | |||
| Division | East | |||
| Ballpark | Busch Memorial Stadium | |||
| City | St. Louis, Missouri | |||
| Record | 83–79 (.512) | |||
| Divisional place | 3rd | |||
| Owners | Anheuser-Busch | |||
| General managers | Dal Maxvill | |||
| Managers | Joe Torre | |||
| Television | KPLR (Al Hrabosky, George Grande) | |||
| Radio | KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck) | |||
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The 1992 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 111th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 101st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 83–79 during the season and finished third in the National League East, 13 games behind the NL East champion Pittsburgh Pirates.
Starting pitcher Bob Tewksbury posted his best season with a 2.16 ERA, second-best in the NL, and topped the league walks per nine innings and strikeout-to-walk ratio.[3] He finished third in the Cy Young voting.[4] Catcher Tom Pagnozzi posted the sixteenth best single-season fielding mark (tied) in history for his position (.9987).[5][6]
The team led the National League in batting average at .262 but was just sixth in runs scored. Their 3.38 ERA was fourth in the league.[7]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 53–28 | 43–38 |
| Montreal Expos | 87 | 75 | .537 | 9 | 43–38 | 44–37 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 79 | .512 | 13 | 45–36 | 38–43 |
| Chicago Cubs | 78 | 84 | .481 | 18 | 43–38 | 35–46 |
| New York Mets | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24 | 41–40 | 31–50 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 70 | 92 | .432 | 26 | 41–40 | 29–52 |
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| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
| Atlanta | — | 10–2 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 13–5 | 11–7 | 6–6 | |||||
| Chicago | 2–10 | — | 5–7 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 11–7 | |||||
| Cincinnati | 9–9 | 7–5 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 7–5 | |||||
| Houston | 5–13 | 4–8 | 8–10 | — | 13–5 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 5–7 | |||||
| Los Angeles | 6–12 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 5–13 | — | 4–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 4–8 | |||||
| Montreal | 8–4 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–4 | — | 12–6 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–12 | |||||
| New York | 5–7 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–12 | — | 6–12 | 4–14 | 4–8 | 10–2 | 9–9 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 6-6 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 12–6 | — | 5–13 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 7–11 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | 5–7 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 14–4 | 13–5 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 15–3 | |||||
| San Diego | 5–13 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 7–5 | — | 11–7 | 4–8 | |||||
| San Francisco | 7–11 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 2–10 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–11 | — | 5–7 | |||||
| St. Louis | 6–6 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 3–15 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — | |||||
| 1992 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos. | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| C | Tom Pagnozzi | 139 | 485 | 121 | .249 | 7 | 44 |
| 1B | Andrés Galarraga | 95 | 325 | 79 | .243 | 10 | 39 |
| 2B | Luis Alicea | 85 | 265 | 65 | .245 | 2 | 32 |
| 3B | Todd Zeile | 126 | 439 | 113 | .257 | 7 | 48 |
| SS | Ozzie Smith | 132 | 518 | 153 | .295 | 0 | 31 |
| LF | Bernard Gilkey | 131 | 384 | 116 | .302 | 7 | 43 |
| CF | Ray Lankford | 153 | 598 | 175 | .293 | 20 | 86 |
| RF | Félix José | 131 | 509 | 150 | .295 | 14 | 75 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Milt Thompson | 109 | 208 | 61 | .293 | 4 | 17 |
| Gerónimo Peña | 62 | 203 | 62 | .305 | 7 | 31 |
| Brian Jordan | 55 | 193 | 40 | .207 | 5 | 22 |
| Pedro Guerrero | 43 | 146 | 32 | .219 | 1 | 16 |
| Tim Jones | 67 | 145 | 29 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| Gerald Perry | 87 | 143 | 34 | .238 | 1 | 18 |
| Tracy Woodson | 31 | 114 | 35 | .307 | 1 | 22 |
| Craig Wilson | 61 | 106 | 33 | .311 | 0 | 13 |
| Rich Gedman | 41 | 105 | 23 | .219 | 1 | 8 |
| Rod Brewer | 29 | 103 | 31 | .301 | 0 | 10 |
| Rex Hudler | 61 | 98 | 24 | .245 | 3 | 15 |
| Chuck Carr | 22 | 64 | 14 | .219 | 0 | 3 |
| José Oquendo | 14 | 35 | 9 | .257 | 0 | 3 |
| Stan Royer | 13 | 31 | 10 | .323 | 2 | 9 |
| Ozzie Canseco | 9 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 0 | 3 |
| Bien Figueroa | 12 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Bob Tewksbury | 33 | 233.0 | 16 | 5 | 2.16 | 91 |
| Omar Olivares | 32 | 197.0 | 9 | 9 | 3.84 | 124 |
| Rhéal Cormier | 31 | 186.0 | 10 | 10 | 3.68 | 117 |
| Donovan Osborne | 34 | 179.0 | 11 | 9 | 3.77 | 104 |
| Mark Clark | 20 | 113.1 | 3 | 10 | 4.45 | 44 |
| Joe Magrane | 5 | 31.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.02 | 20 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| José DeLeón | 29 | 102.1 | 2 | 7 | 4.57 | 72 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Lee Smith | 70 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 3.12 | 60 |
| Mike Pérez | 77 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1.84 | 46 |
| Cris Carpenter | 73 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2.97 | 46 |
| Bob McClure | 71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.17 | 24 |
| Todd Worrell | 67 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2.11 | 64 |
| Juan Agosto | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6.25 | 13 |
| Bryn Smith | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.64 | 9 |
| Frank DiPino | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.64 | 8 |
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